'NDRANGHETA
Rocco Ursini disappeared in 2009, new clue on the lupara bianca case: «At dinner for a party but they had already dug his grave»
In the interceptions of the Echidna investigation, Giuseppe and Domenico Pasqua recall the crime that links Locride and Piedmont. The references in Operation Crime and the words of the Siderno clan leader in Turin: "They stuck him in a hole, what do they want to find?"
by Pablo Petrasso April 13, 2024 06:15
From left to top, clockwise, Rocco Vincenzo Ursini, his car found after his disappearance and the Turin court
«He already made the hole then… at dinner for a party… there was already the hole ». A barely audible audio track, dim light on a 'Ndrangheta crime that took place on the Calabria-Piedmont axis . In Moncalieri, where the surnames of the mafia families overlap with those of Locride. The magistrates of the DDA of Turin intercept the sentence which could be linked to a case of lupara bianca dating back to 2009: the disappearance of Rocco Vincenzo Ursini.
The context is that of the Echidna investigation which uncovered the cauldron of mafia infiltration in the works of the Turin-Bardonecchia . And much more: embarrassing ties between white-collar workers and bosses, threats to entrepreneurs and vices of a policy that is all too prone to compromise. At the center of the business is the Pasqua family: father (80 year old Giuseppe) and son (Domenico Claudio, 54 years old) : registered office in Brandizzo and links with San Luca. The Pasquas, father and son, talk and the ROS carabinieri record: those conversations "provide important evidence" on the alleged belonging of the two to the 'Ndrangheta "and document direct knowledge of dynamics within the association which concern leading figures of the organization like Mario Ursini and Renato Macrì ".
The former was one of the main protagonists of Piedmontese crime since the end of the 1980s. The repentant Rocco Varacalli "indicated him as the historical leader of the 'Ndrangheta in Turin". Renato Macrì, his nephew, took the first steps of his criminal career alongside the boss and, after a series of convictions "for drug trafficking, usury, extortion and other serious crimes", he was sentenced to one year and 8 months in the Minotaur trial.
Ursini and Macrì are linked by family ties to Rocco Vincenzo Ursini, who disappeared on 9 April 2009 : his body was never found. Let's go back to those words spoken in a low voice by Giuseppe Pasqua: " They did badly with Ursini... he's a good person ." His son replies: «But he already made the hole then... at dinner for a party... the hole was already there... we'll show you where they took it... they had already made the hole». The sentences, the anti-mafia magistrates highlight, " could refer to the event involving the missing Vincenzo Rocco Ursini ". The missing young man was the nephew of the boss Mario Ursini and betrothed to the daughter of Rocco Schirripa , convicted of the murder of Turin's chief prosecutor Bruno Caccia. Only a few scattered traces: an investigative lead that revolved around the nightlife of Moncalieri, his car - an Alfa 166 - found prohibited from parking in Mappano , his sister's appeals to "Who has seen it?".
Ursini is a case of lupara bianca so old that traces of it can also be found in the Crime investigation , one of the milestones in the story of the 'Ndrangheta's invasion of the North . In Siderno we comment on what happened in Piedmont: the bugs placed in the "Ape Green" laundry are a mine of information for investigators. Giuseppe Commisso , the Master, is one of the leaders of Locride. Together with him is Carmelo Bruzzese , head of the Grotteria locale. In the wiretaps received on the eve of August 2009, "the two comment on the murder of Rocco Ursini, attributing it to the members of a gang from Delianuova ", who would have been creditors of a sum of 20 thousand euros towards the victim. «The one who died – say the two intercepted in the laundry – was supposed to give 20 thousand euros to the Macrìs , who are relatives of the Americanello (...) then they argued, they went around and around and finally killed him ». The Master also reports the threats made to the victim's father: "You have to give me all 20 thousand euros, otherwise we will kill your son first and then you will have to die of a broken heart."
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